Still in control: Janet Jackson brings the rhythm nation ‘Together Again’ on latest tour

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“Together Again” concert at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Tuesday night where I could see strangers indeed “smiling back at me.”There was “When I Think of You,” the first of Miss Jackson’s 10 No.

1 singles way back in 1986.Then there was “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” that Minneapolis pop-funk perfection that topped the charts in 1990.And then there was the back-to-back bliss of “Escapade” and “Miss You Much,” both No.

1 hits from 1989’s blockbuster “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” — arguably her best of four straight classics starting with 1986’s “Control” and continuing through 1997’s “The Velvet Rope.”By that time, there was no doubt: We really missed you much, Janet.Although the 2024 edition of her “Together Again” tour — a career-spanning celebration, named after yet another chart-topper — continues the same trek that reunited the lock-stepping members of the Rhythm Nation last year, it still felt like Jackson was that bestie or auntie that you forgot just how much you loved until you saw them again.But as much as this tour was for the real ones — those that knew the string of deep cuts that Jackson dipped into from jump — this was also a joyous Jan-fam jam of songs that have stood the test of time for going on 40 years now.It’s hard to think of many songs by Ariana Grande, Beyoncé or, yes, even Taylor Swift that will still be rocking the arena four decades later like “Nasty,” “The Pleasure Principle” or “Rhythm Nation.”The lady has hits — and more hits.

Timeless, tuneful classics that aren’t built around fads or viral TikTok anomalies.And although, at 58, Jackson is no longer the dancer she once was — or have the production budget that she once had — she is a straight-up superstar who commands the.